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Tartuffe
Tartuffe Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
02/22/2016

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Vex
Definition
to irritate, annoy, or provoke
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Demure
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Shy and Modest
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Bigot
Definition
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion
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Pious
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Religiously devoted
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Vehement
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Strongly emotional, intense, or passionate
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Ostentatious
Definition
pretentious or conspicuous show to impressothers
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pulchritude
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Physical beauty
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Charlatan
Definition
Person who claims to have more knowledge or skill than he/she has
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largesse
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Generous bestowal of gifts
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indigence
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seriously impoverished condition, poverty
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reticence
Definition
reserved or restrained especially in speech
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scruple
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moral or ethical standard that restrains certain actions
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pique
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feeling of resentment or irritation from a wound to pride

To arouse, irritate or exicte
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acumen
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keen insight or shrewdness in business matters
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Usurp
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to seize and hold by force without legal right
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